Scoutmaster Podcast 296
How to support scouts from struggling families, rethink merit badge delivery, and select the right Scoutmaster
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INTRO
Christopher Simone of Troop 71, Plandome NY sponsors the episode; Clarke jokes that winter camping is full of misery and suffering — and it's all over much too soon.
WELCOME
Email from Bob praising Clarke's book 'So Far, So Good' and reporting plans for a Boundary Waters trip; five-star Amazon review read on air; plug for Tuesday/Wednesday live chat sessions and thanks to new backers John Dyer, Mike Marty, David Smith, and James Stonehouse.
LISTENERS EMAIL
Three anonymous emails answered: (1) whether a pack should subsidize dues for a family that doesn't participate in fundraisers; (2) what constitutes improperly expanding merit badge requirements vs. enriching instruction, and Clarke's critique of merit badge classes; (3) how to select a new Scoutmaster from candidates, using Admiral Byrd's 1928 Antarctica peer-selection story as a model.
OUTRO